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Q. This week: My house was built in 1991 and the shingles on the roof are wearing out. It's time to replace them, and I wondered if this would be a good time to maybe do something about the ice dams ...

Lofted rooms (cathedral ceilings, vaulted ceilings) are stylish and functional but often come with a major drawback: poor temperature regulation and insufficient insulation. Without attic insulation ...

There are all kinds of ceiling designs used in homes in America. To many of us, a ceiling is just a ceiling - a pretty boring, large, flat surface a couple of feet above our heads. However, designers ...

Q. I'm planning a room addition to our home and would like to make the ceiling a sloping, cathedral one. In the past few months I've been hearing about people building roofs like this without any ...

Homes and buildings need insulation to control inside temperatures. Are you getting the best value for your project? Here's a look at how R-Value affects what you pick. R-Value, also known as "thermal ...

Q–A sweating wall problem really has us stumped. Last fall, we moved into our 4-year-old split-level home, which has a cathedral ceiling in the living and dining areas. During the very cold winter ...

Q. My house has cathedral ceilings with 2-by-12-inch rafters to which the builder nailed 2-inch-high sleepers, bringing the effective depth for insulation to 13 5 / 8 inches. I had wanted to use 12 ...

Dear Henri: We live in an older wood-frame house with high heating bills. We recently had an energy audit, and the No. 1 recommendation was to spray our basement walls with polyurethane foam to stop ...